The Best Things In Life Are Free
But sometimes you just have to do that little bit of extra work to get it.
I'm talking about AVG Free - the software that finally made virus protection free to the masses. I use it because it's free, but I like it for other reasons as well.
1. It's a basic system, which means it's light. No additional features or heavy-duty, multi-featured, multiple-software-on-one-platform stuff, which eat up disk space, slows down the system, and makes startup godawfully sluggish.
2. It's fast (see Item 1). Also fast to download upgrades and new definitions over a broadband line - the whole process finishes itself in a jiffy which means you won't get bogged down by it.
3. It's non-obstrusive. A good security system should protect your computer as quietly as possible, rather than serving you with all sorts of pop-up alerts, pesky reminders and perhaps even crashing your PC.
I admit a free software probably would never be as good as one that you pay for, but hey, it's been working alright.
Recently, however, AVG has taken to sending occasional reminders to upgrade from the current version which would be taken off in about a month's time. Fine. Seems that I can upgrade to AVG Free 7.5, not like they're removing support for free software.
Here's the thing - clicking on the link takes you to AVG's site where you can get version 7.5. The paid version. So is there no free version of 7.5?
Actually, yes. They do have it. Just that it's off the main AVG site and in Grisoft's free software site. The tricky bastards. Good thing I sniffed around and found it.
So to those out there who are using AVG Free and are still wondering how to upgrade it to 7.5, here's the link to take you straight there.
Now everyone can play safe :-)
I'm talking about AVG Free - the software that finally made virus protection free to the masses. I use it because it's free, but I like it for other reasons as well.
1. It's a basic system, which means it's light. No additional features or heavy-duty, multi-featured, multiple-software-on-one-platform stuff, which eat up disk space, slows down the system, and makes startup godawfully sluggish.
2. It's fast (see Item 1). Also fast to download upgrades and new definitions over a broadband line - the whole process finishes itself in a jiffy which means you won't get bogged down by it.
3. It's non-obstrusive. A good security system should protect your computer as quietly as possible, rather than serving you with all sorts of pop-up alerts, pesky reminders and perhaps even crashing your PC.
I admit a free software probably would never be as good as one that you pay for, but hey, it's been working alright.
Recently, however, AVG has taken to sending occasional reminders to upgrade from the current version which would be taken off in about a month's time. Fine. Seems that I can upgrade to AVG Free 7.5, not like they're removing support for free software.
Here's the thing - clicking on the link takes you to AVG's site where you can get version 7.5. The paid version. So is there no free version of 7.5?
Actually, yes. They do have it. Just that it's off the main AVG site and in Grisoft's free software site. The tricky bastards. Good thing I sniffed around and found it.
So to those out there who are using AVG Free and are still wondering how to upgrade it to 7.5, here's the link to take you straight there.
Now everyone can play safe :-)
9 Comments:
It's good to know that there are still things in life that are free. Used to install AVG in company's pc and works really well esp in getting rid of all the junk which yours truly downloaded.
So, there is such thing as a free lunch after all.
AVG is only free for personal use as stated in their license agreement. It's not free when used in company. Only open source antivirus are free.
http://www.clamwin.com/
http://www.openantivirus.org/
cheers n have fun! thxs for sharing too :)
I've actually been thinking of using it for a while, but at the moment I'm still using my Norton package (which I paid £30 for, and that's at 50% off!).
I'll bookmark this for future reference.
~~~~~~~~~~geekchic
I've been an AVG fan since... I can't remember when :) It's really good. and it's everything you said there :)I like it because it's fast and most of them time, it catches those pesky little buggers norton or mcafee wouldn't even have a clue about :P
Thanks for the link... jolly good freebies.
The AVG software on my lap top has been acting weird lately. An error message that said 'virus definition doesn't match database' keeps on popping up even after doing the recommended updating. Hope the new upgrade will solve the problem. Thanks again :)
I have been using AVG too since my Norton expired. Very good in removing trojan horses from porn web site :) Can't help it cos I am a porn addict o_O
OMG and here I thought I'd have to buy something original. Thanks babe!
thank god. me mac user. HAHAHAHAHA.
"thank god. me mac user. HAHAHAHAHA"
Well I'm a Mac user too, and I still run antivirus software. Can't be too careful - the more popular Macs get, the more people will try to attack them.
A bit o/t to the original post, but I wonder what the gay:straight ratio is for Mac owners and how it compares to PC owners? If there is a difference, maybe Apple could replace that guy who plays the Mac in the adverts with someone a little more fabulous?
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